Archives - 05 March 2013, Tuesday

Last week, virtual currency Bitcoin hit an all-time high after passing the $32 mark for its US dollar exchange rate, and now it has gained a significant new backer with domain host and registrar Namecheap now accepting it for payments. As we noted last week, the company had been prepa...

We're delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P currency that enables instant payments. Use Bitcoin to purchase domains, web hosting, SSL certifi...

We're delighted to inform you that we now accept the Bitcoin payment method, in addition to PayPal, Google CheckOut, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Bitcoin is a decentralized P2P currency that enables instant payments. Use Bitcoin to purchase domains, web hosting, SSL certifi...

The second bitcoin bubble may not burst. Image via Flickr/zcopley Bitcoin’s value has steadily climbed over the past few months with no signs of stopping as the currency has managed to avoid major security breaches and expand its digital ecosystem. The dollar value of virtual decentra...

The best performing currency this year? No it’s not the Seychellois rupee (+8.07%), Paraguay’s guarani (+5.24%) or Brazil’s real (+4.45%). It’s bitcoin , the online, open source currency, which has gained nearly 200% so far this year. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Who needs the eu...

(Please leave this page visible on the computer next to the cash box). To help us try out bitcoins , I am putting up $200 ($100 cash and $100 worth of bitcoins) to make an honor-based converter box to be available at the Internet Archive Friday lunches. Please donate a $1 conversion f...

Just like WordPress, Namecheap’s reasons for accepting Bitcoin are primarily political in nature. As Namecheap community manager Tamar Weinberg wrote, “We’re a freedom loving registrar. We donated over $100,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation to help keep the fight for internet ...

BitPay, which processes payments for merchants in the decentralized digital currency Bitcoin, said Monday it recently secured capital from a group of investors that includes Ben Davenport, a software engineer at Facebook; A-Grade Investments, a venture-capital firm that includes Ashto...

Namecheap now accepting Bitcoin Namecheap will now be accepting Bitcoin to register a domain. The Next Web just put out a piece covering the move. Last week virtual currency Bitcoin hit an all-time high after passing the $32 mark for its US dollar exchange rate, and now it has gained ...

Last week, virtual currency Bitcoin hit an all-time high after passing the $32 mark for its US dollar exchange rate, and now it has gained a significant new backer with domain host and registrar Namecheap now accepting it for payments. As we noted last week, the company had been prepa...